>>43311It was written really nicely. The characters had a lot of dimension—the only aspects I didn't like was that some scenes took place from the viewpoints of some characters name Virginia, Lacke, and Tommy—I felt that the story would have been better if they had shortened/cut their viewpoints. The writing-style of it reminded me of Stephen King's style. I also appreciated that the author, John Ajvide Lindqvist, didn't give off any details that were too graphic at the sexual scenes, which is what Stephen King does to the point where it's bothersome.

>>43312I didn't like Tommy's story either. It was pretty useless. The Lacke and Virginia relationship was great though. You know, there was a point why the autor gave us details about their lives and friendship. The book is not focused on the vampirism. We are supposed to relate to that people, their lives and how greyish life can be in Blackeberg. As Ajvide said in the very beginning of the book, Blackeberg has no story. No future. People's lives are empty there. Everything is so colorless. See how every kid there has the habit of stealing from the grocery stores. They're fucked up since their childhood. We got to know these people hopeless lives and relate to them. Then the vapirism was introduced and we got to see how ordinary people, like us, would deal with it. Virginia's and Lacke's death wouldn't have been important if we haven't been so deeply introduced to these characters before. They were normal people. They didn't deserve what happened to them. Ajvide has shown us the victims side of the story, which gave us a different opinion when it comes to Eli. They're all victims (includind Eli) and Eli is indeed a monster that can only ruin people's lives and spread his disease. But he's not a mindless monster. He's just a cursed child. See the moral ambiguity? I fucking love that book.

By the way, in the book Lacke is way more likeable than in the movie. He was portrayed way too arrogant in the film. Also, Eli >>>> Abby. American remake lovers gonna hate.

>>43324I did start to really like Lacke and Virginia when Virginia started to turn. But before that I felt that their story moved too slow. I did like how they showed the human reactions to vampirism with Lacke's story. Tommy's story could have been cut completely, I don't even see why Lindqvist created his story, honestly.Also, what I didn't understand is that, if Eli is a boy—then why did he dress as and go by a girl? I understand that he was castrated, but that still technically means he's a boy, yes?

>>43335I know. Another thing I don't understand is why Lindqvist made Hakan come back to Eli after he died since it didn't really add much to the story. I guess it was just to add to the horror effect?

>>43335I forgot to say: Maybe he did that for a survival aspect. People help little girls more often than little boys. Little girls are easier to like. He could use that as a vampire. However, the whole point is that Eli is gay and Oskar might be gay/bi as well. I think Oskar is straight but he's still confused though.

>>43341It was to give us a better third act. Hakan walking around wanting to kill Oskar and to rape Eli was good for the horror/suspense sake. It wasn't necessary, I agree, but that almost rape in the basement…oh, that gave me a huge boner.

Sex is biological. But your 'gender'? If you were born a male, but your mind is female, and everything you want to do involves doing things through the vehicle of femininity then a single categorization just isn't enough.

Being a female or dude in the eyes of others is one thing, and what you actually are genetically is another. I have no idea what Eli actually identifies as or if he even chooses to, but it's clear he uses 'gender' to get keepers and survive.

>>43407I haven't bought a game for the Xbox in awhile—probably because I'm starting to get cheap and I don't like to buy games that are $40+.Lately I've been replaying games I've have for a couple years.

>>43450Awhile back I read a few reviews for it and the storyline and put it at the top of my readlist—and my readlist is preposterously long. I actually looked for it in my school library today but they did not have it.

>>43455I do—I have a big stack in my room that's probably about to topple over. I buy them quite often since my school library is deplorable. I need to start using the town library, but it's quite far from my house.

>>43471No no, I'm sincerely asking you why you believe that I would enjoy that particular book. If I had a good enough reason I would try to pick it up at my local library and give it a try at some point.>>43470Do you find it embarrassing that they are aware that you like Chloe that much?

No because the people who are aware of it are people I will never meet and fall under a completely different unit, Cyber Surety and Security. It's probably a Corporal in Montana or something that knows I'm a Chloe-fanatic. Nobody here knows it, no one in my chain of command or anything like that, and unless my posts violate the UCMJ (military law) or compromise operational and informational security, my internet activities are completely confidential.

Haha I'm glad it entertains you. I'm very looking forward to getting out though. I will not be reenlisting, even if the reenlistment bonus for special operations troops is $75,000. It's not worth it to me.

>>43482I would actually love to go into the Navy when I get older—however, filmmaking will always come first for me and I will try to do that before anything else. Although, I highly doubt that I will be able to afford a film school and if that is the case (which is highly likely) then I will join the Navy. There is actually a class at my school that I can join next year that trains students to enter the military when they get older (if they decide to do so) and I think I will join it if possible.

Let it be known that I do not condone the military. I especially don't recommend it for you. Women in the military, 9/10 turn into monsters and lose who they are completely. There is no room for people like you and I, the people who view the arts as an essential element of existence. While the Navy has a lot of non-combat specific employment positions, just let it be known that I do not recommend military service for any women. Bad things happen to them. Bad things.

Basically, men are animals. And alcohol turns them into monsters. That, given that women make 10% of the military, creates a very dangerous situation, and too many times I have been called to respond to a sexual assault on our own fucking base. Too many times.

Then you might be happy to know I'm certified on 5 assault rifles, 3 pistols, 4 submachine guns, 2 light machine guns, 1 heavy machine gun, and 2 sniper rifles (yes, one is the Barrett .50 cal), as well as the M203 grenade launcher. Out of the 5 assault rifles, I'm certified marksman on 3 of them and certified marksman on all the pistols.

>>43489Yes, but if you join the military—you may receive a scholarship and are fairly well-paid, yes?

You do not understand, though. If I was unable to attend a good film-school and could never have the opportunity to create films, I would resent myself for that. I would rather take a chance and hope I don't fall within the pit rather than never jump and be forced to live some horrid job where I rot away. The point is, I would rather join the military and go through all sorts of suffering for periods of time rather than not attend college and suffer for the rest of my life.

The pay is absolute shit. The only reason I'm paid decently is because of the daily danger I face being here and the fact that I have so many certifications and because of the SpecOps bonus. Standard military enlisted gets paid lower than minimum wage. It's incredibly unfair and I will never be okay with the military lifestyle. After being in this long and seeing the pure bullshit that occurs in this career, I'd rather go back to McDonald's (my first job way back when) than do this for another enlistment. It sounds like a great idea, it does. That's why I'm here. But that was naivete. It's not as good as it sounds. All I get from this job is bragging rights and a nice body (I'm just being honest). None of those things are useful when you wake up in the morning and the worst part about waking up is everything until you go to sleep again. None of the things I gain from this job are worth anything when I'm disgruntled as a motherfucker.

Also, it's gonna hit you real hard when you get sent somewhere for a year or more. You miss birthdays, holidays, and everything that falls in between. You become forgotten. All your friends treat you as if they really care and worry about you, but they're still living their lives and they don't have time to worry about when you're home or not. You basically step out of everyone's life.

Point being: things change, and for most military members, it's for the worse.

Also, the education benefits are being taken away due to financial cuts. They're being drastically reduced to the point where military members really have no more advantage than the average student.

No, my father and stepfather were in the military. And my stepfather especially advises it as a great way to pay for school and to build character. And I know a lot of other people that were/are in the military and they don't feel the same way as cheetos. I don't know any women in the military though.

>>43531I'm just wanting the scholarship benefit from the military—but I highly doubt that a military scholarship would cover any sort of film schools—but then again, it would cover some things and that's all I need. I checked the wages for people within the Navy on an official website and they weren't that bad.

>>43571 I'll be stealing that. I downloaded the short in HD off Vimeo, I thought it would be tougher to find.

>>43570 I was kind of mad at both of them. Her for not seeing that he was smiling and that he was expecting her to follow, and him for double posting when he should have summed it up on the first wall…..movie misunderstandings are the worst.

>>43720Animation has a long lead time. I know it takes 6-8 months for an episode of The Simpsons to be created. I'm sure American Dad has a similar thing. If it airs t his season, we should see it very soon.